Variety (Sep 1927)

NEWS FROM THE DAILIES Thi. d»p»rtm.nt eont.int r.wpltt.n tlit.trloal n«w» IUm» lithtd durinB th. wMk in thi daily MP«r« N»w York, Chieage and tha Pacific Ccait. Variety takaa n* eradit for thtoo nawa itami; kad baan rawritton from a Mhf papar. ' NEW YORK A picture theatra for lower down- town in tlie Major, to be erected at Canal street and Broadway by the Oltarsh-Broadway Corp. Cost is estimated nt $500,000, with seatine capacity 600. Slipping on a cciat over practiciilly OOthlng at all, Anna I'cnKor, cluinis Ctrl, la eald to have taken her little Kmaranian dog out for a walk, n* manager of the apartment in WUoh ahe lives claims Mlsa Fenger Waa Klorloualy lit and didn't keep liar coat eloaed. She was taken to the weat lOth street station, charged with Intoxication and disorderly conduct. After getting a suspended sentence Miss Pengar promised to blow the hotel. mate rem- at the Sclwyn, Monday as an .iJilcil extra attraction. This i.s liernles firBt appearance in a lirciaiiway revue. He will do a spe- I'lnlty act by himself besldea the band. i.anled l.y her son and daughter. | Bullook, after he was foaB4 fnUtJ While in Europe Mrs. Carr will of failiiiK ti> provlda for Ma tluao ake a picture for First National, minor eliildren. She win montha. ba ttwnr about three The will of Max l.inilor, French picture comedian, who cnmniilted suicide with Ills young wife Nov. 1, 19J5, leaves the bulk of the estate to his daughter, Maude Lydle Mar- celle Iieuvllle. Under'a New York estate la valued at over 135,000, while his foreign properties are of unknown quantity. Among other bequests are 10,000 franca to the Societe dea Auteura dea FUma and 5.000 francs to the ClnematoKraphic Pres^ Jean Fersuaon, known on the screen aa Jean da Desley, was charged with aaaault and battery in a complaint died by B. M. Fugltt In Municipal Judge WHlla'a court. h'uBitt alleged the actress socked him at the comer of Sixth and Mirins streets. Miss Ferguson ad- mitted .ilapping him because of his undue altentiDn. She wu.s relea.sed on $100 bond, with trial set for Sept. 26. Diana Hughes, picture extra, was granted a divorce from Laurence Hughes, advertising aoUcltor and promoter. In Superior Court. Cruelty was the complaint. HttclMB la now in Chicago. Dallon Dess Burgess, 20, taxi driver and former dancer, was found dead in a street In Kureka, Cal., with a bullet hole through his haail His money was gone and his cab missing. Mary M. Cohan, 18. dauRhter «< Oeorge Cohan, departed from the family's summer homo at Spring Lake, N. J., and serretlv married at Elkton, Md., Aug. 31. Neal LItt, ban- Jolat. Little had been pllnking Ms Inatrument at the Hotel Monmouth In Sprins Lake. • Miaa CoImui kaa been out of school aeveral aaontha. LItt expects tp quit hia banjo and go Into the. insurance buslneaa in Dayton, O. His father handlea insurance there. Following , the elopement the couple came to New York prepartory to leaving for Dayton. "Irish Hearts,' Warner film, is now on the receiving ( nU <>{ missiles from riotous anilienccs along with M-G-M's "Callahans and .Murphys." At the Palace, picture house at St. Nicholas avenue and 176th street, it was greeted last Thursdiy evening ' by vegetables, fruits and ink. Those Of the 300 persons in the theatre Who were sitting toward the front received most of the bombardment. J, L. Stanaon, manager, averted a poaalbia atampeda by stopping the picture, tumlns on llghU, throwing i>p«n the exit doora and calling police. The "Callahana" fllm met with opposition on Ita next to last night at Ix)ew'3 Bedford, Brooklyn. A youth Jumped to his feet and shouted that the picture was an out- rage. He was greeted by a cop, who arraatad him on a charge of dls- erderiy eonduct Robert 'Walton Bow, father of Clara Bow, has filed suit In Cali- fornia to have his marriage to I'della Mowry annulled, claiming she has been a wife In name only. I'della, Bow'a aeeond wife, is 21 and Ave »9Btha youncer than her step- daoshter. Mra. Bow Is living in a boarding house In New York, job- less and broke, says she left her husband because he was brutal. Excellent weatlier cimditions over the holidays gave outdoor amuse- ment men around New York one of their few opportunities to rei uup loesses this season. Resorts re- ported tha largest crowda within memory. LOS ANGELES Preliminary hearing on charges of grand larceny and embezzlement against Thomas C. Regnn, former head of the Tlioni.'is Uegan l*ro- duetions. Inc., picture coiirern, was postponed until Oct. 3 at the request of defense attorneys in Municipal Judge James H. l*ope's court. Re- gan is alleged to have sold stock in the corporation, claiming large proflta would be realized. Several buyen ware promiaed Jpba aa ex- traa. The first case coming under the new minors' contract law providing for court approval of minoka' con- tracta for employment In theatrical work, was oflMKilly okayed, when Presiding Judge Collier of tha Su- perior Court alflxed his signature to a contract between Audrey Ferrla, 17-year-old i>jrture actresa, and Warner Hros.' studio. Mary Mayo, screen actr«-ss, was granted a divorce on a desertii)n charge from Dr. Woodward Mayo by Judge Falk In Superior Court after entering a supplemental cross- complalnt to a suit filed by her hus- band In 1924, charging her witli too frequent association with Lew Cody, picture actor. The divorce was awarded without Dr. Mayo's presence. Aimee Semple MePherson says she will flght the $100,000 libel .suit filed against her In Chicago by Bert Kelly, owner of Kelly's Stables, cab- al et. The evangelist defied Kelly by repeating her charges that his cafe is a "trapdoor to hell," and de- clared the suit waa an attempt to use her name for publicity puriwses. Burglars entering the home of Kd- ward Le Febvre. writer, 1615 Clen- esee street, Hollywood, pot away with Ije Febvre's passjxirts for a contemplated trip to Europe as well as a number of artlolea in diamonds and Jewelry. Mrs. Irene Hlrschler, school teacher, was granted a divorce in Judge Shauer's court from Otto T. Hirschler. musician, who failed to adjust his temperament to married life, according to his wlfa.. Hirach- ler did not contest. A new world's record for pole Bitting waa established at Long Beach by Clifford Stevenson, local youth, perehod on the staff of a theatre for 30 daya. This beata the record of Capt Bob Hull, made In Los Angelaa laat month, bjr two days. Ruth 'WIckman, dancer, filed suit for $50,000 damagea against Stephen Kerchoff, laid to ba a scion of a wealthy Loa Angeles family, charg- ing Kerchoff broke her nose and In- flicted other injuries when he was repulsed in his advances to her. The attack Is alleged to have occurred in February, Myrtle Bauer, ex-"l''c>llies" girl, is auing Flo Zlegfeld and llillie Hurke for $5,000, charging Ziegfeld's p<ilice dog killed her little Pekingese a year ago last June at Atlantic City. An answer filed hy the Zlegfeld attor- neys charges Miss Bauer permitted her dog to "incite, annoy, and pro- voke the ire of said police dog." It Is understood that Viola Dana and Maurice (Lefty) Flynn have effected a reconciliation. When Flynn sailed fiom Los Angeles on the "Kcuador" last week Miss Dana was there to bid him bon voyage. The marital craft of Joseph von Sternberg, fllm directoi-, is on the rocks, according to a divorce com- plaint filed In Superior Court by Uiza Royca von Sternberg, former actress ' and aaalatant director. Cruelty was given as grounds. The couple wore married July 6, 19J6 and aeparated July 8, 1927. A prop- erty settlement was effected out of court, with Sternberg promising to pay his wife alimony ranging from $541 to $333 a month for the next four years unless she remarriea. Sea Breeze Beach Club, with 100 members of the picture colony as members, is being sued for $42,000 by J, H. Command, salesman. He al- leges an agreement with the club to sell membershlpa, but found them impoaaible to aeil becauaa of the club'a mlamanacament. Playing the Good Samaritan cost Jean Balle, dancer, lesi North St. Andrews place, a suit of clothes and $48 In cash, when he befriended Jack Davia, friend, after the latter came to him with a hard luck story. Dalle invited Davis to spend the night at his apartment. In the morning he found hIa dothea and money gone together with tha man. Da'Vta was wearing a afolen auit when arreated. Barbara 'Worth oppoalte Reslnald Denny in "Uae Tour Feet." Georgia Hale with Hoot Gibson in "Western Suffragettes," Reeves Ea- son directing, U. Virginia Grey in "Symphony," with Jean Hersholt starred, U. Excited neighbors were said to be responsible for a report that Vera Reynolds, DcMille star, had at- tempted suicide In her Hollywood liotne. It seems, according to the story, that Miss Reynolds was about to take a fluid i)reHcribed by her dOC' tor. Accidentally taking arbottle of Lysol she nearly swallowed the poison. Realizing how near ahe came Miss Reynolds la aald to have screamed and fainted. Her mother, fearing death be cause of the Lysol, aeht her to a hospital In an ambulance. A stomach pump failed to dis- cover anything except a little gastritis. Claire Windsor filed suit for $400 damages against the Independent Cleaners and Dyers Co.. for the as- serted loss of a coat. The case was set for trial Sept. n. CHICAGO peraoanel will be inoreaaed to 77 Including feminine playera of the oboe, bassoon, tuba, French horn and double baaa. If they can be pro, cured. The orchestra is sponsored by the Woman'a Symphony Assocla- tion. of which Ulllan Poeniach la president. Laat aeaaon they gava six concerts. 'WWAB returned to the air after aeveral montha of alienee. Two bandita ataced « attckup In Luna Cafe and eacaped with $6««: One of the numerous liquor raids staged last week was that at the Grill, 42S South Clark street, wbich occupies the spot that once held Mike ' Ilinky Dink" Henna's famous Workingmen's Exchanpre sal ion. "HInky Dink" was nallon.illi, known for his "largest schooner In tha world for a nickel." The first attempt to establish a German theatre in Chicago since the closing of old Bush Temple will be m.ade Sept. 18 at the Auditorium. .\merican Admirers of German Art, an organization, is sponsoring. Inl. tial piece will he "Riistelblnder" ("A Jewish Soldier in Vienna"). Angelo Uppach and Helen Holstein, Hun- garian playara, head the cast. Two prohibition agenta posing as "big gamblers" bought aome booze from Clement Haggerty, bellboy at the Morrison Hotel, where the agents were staying. Haggerty ad- mitted the hotel m.anagement had repeatedly warned him not to at- tempt to sell liquor. Ha,waa held In bonds of $1,000. Olga Kargau, daughter of a for- mer Northwestern University pro- fessor, will take a leading role In the Chicago Civic Opera next aea- son. She Is tha winner in a contest to determine whloh, mt • doaen women conteatairt*' WMH contract. set a Chief of Detectives William E. O'Connor entered a cirgar store to purchase some smokes, and saw four of the town's best known dips gab- bing together. The chief didn't say a word then, bUt upon return to the station declared that "when four well-known crimlnala like those fel- lows get together openly and noth- ing is done about It there's some- thin? wrong with the police." So he immediately ordered-that every man in the bureau get a new part- ner before the week la up. The order la said to break UP.,aoma .O( the most perfected drinkUtr M4W* this side of Cicero. Several thousands of dog race fol- lowers narrowly escaped Injury when a bomb was set off at the Lai-amle Kennel Club In Cicero, The track, said to be owned by "Scarface Al" Cnpone. has harbored several riots recently when the Judges posted the wrong numbers on the result board. A few nitjhta ago the track waa almost torn down when the winning dog was not posted. The management averted caaualty by paying off on two "winners." Prohibition agents raldec^ the Bridge and Blaae'a Chateau, road- houses In Morton Orov%-at^ iRab- ert Strausa and Sol Sekwatt^ a waiter, were arreated. A report from Moscow says Feo- dor Challapin, tha grand opera alnger, has been divested of his rank as national artist of the re- public by the Council of People's Commissars. Marguerite Valols, former "Fol- lies" girl, wants a divorce from WMUaaa- .C aruthera, wealthy stock woaar.^ Jean Moore, actreaa, haa appealed to the Missing Persons Bureau to aid her in a search for her hus- band, Capt. William Michael Fay, who disappeared on Aug. 16 after attending a theatre with her, Frank Lloyd WrlKht, the archi- tect, is fl-ee to mai*l-y Olga Milian- off, dancer, mother of his chiUl. Mrs. Miriam Noal Wright, who opposed her husband's divorce suit for seven years, has consented to a decree In Madlaon, Wis., with a cash settle- ment oufof court. She Is to receive tt.OOO cash and n $30,000 trust fund. Hazel Deane, screen actress, was awarded an annulment of marriage from Hugh W. Anderson, Hollywood bathhouaa owner, by Judge Sproul. The actresa alleged. Anderson had married her to spite a sweetheart of his. Tha couple wera married July 7. The Police T'ublishing Company, Which published the nia^'azlne, "-Po- lice Stories." has IiI-mI selieihllea in bankrui)tcy In IIh- Inlfeii Slates District court. Former rollee Com- missioner* Richai'd Knright Is head Of the concern. I-iabilitles are pl.aced at $82,209 and assets at $13,196. Ralph A. Kohn Is now treasurer of Paramoiint-Famous-Lasky Corp., aneeeedlng E. J. Ludvigh at the lat- ter's request. Ludvigh previously held three offlrlal posts Tie remains general counsel. Snm Katz Is now a member of the executive commlt- taa of the Board of Dlrsetors of the aama onanlaation. Ben Bmila and Ms orchestra win CO li!it« "Ti In a rross-coiniilaint tor divorce igain.st lOva Madge Jorgenson, act- iiss ,ind writer, hy her husband. Ihe name of "Death Valley Seotty," Iih tui esiiue desert character was brought In tiie bill. Mrs. Jorgenson, wlio is writing Scotty's biography. Is alleged to have neglected her home In Loa Angeles while engaged in her literary pursuit. Mr.s. Jorgenson filed suit for dl- \'orce a few weeks ago alleging her husband had falsely linked her name with that of the Death Valley pioneer. The will of How.trd Pelton, pic- ture electrician, who died several weeks ago, was admitted to probate on petition of Attorney Benjamin Shipman. Pelton's Inst wish that the contents of his will be un- changed w.as himored. It disposes of a $5,000 estate to a friend. Bruno Walter, nnt(\l Gernian con- ductor, who recently appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, was reported ill In Munich (Oermany). Charles Logue, screen writer, left to Join P. N. Camllle 'Watson, artist and dancer, was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, driving while intoxicated, and reckless driving. Her car smashed into another auto, injuring the other driver. Miss Watson admitted having a few drink.s In the afternoon of the day of the accident, but said the acci- dent could not be attributed to the liquor. She claims to have been blinded by another car's lights. Chicago's seventh annual rodeo closed Aug. 29. Mike Hastings of Fort Worth won first place In the buUdocglng contests. Tad Lucas was first In the cowgirl contests, outpointing Josephine Wickes and Mabel Strickland, second and third, respectively. It Is estimated over 350,000 people saw the contests. Universal will start production on "The Man who Liftughs" next week, with Paul Lent directing. Conrad Veldt and Mary Phllbin will be co- starred. Alleging $631.61 waa due him In salary for volet work. Albei t Hertle lodged a wage complaint with the Labor Bureau against Jack Pick- ford, fllm actor, A bearing waa aet. Patiicl.a Avery, tilm actress, was run down by an automobile driven by Trom Carr, Independent picture producer at the California Studio, for whom she had started to work In a picture the same day. Mellton Costalls, Filipino chauf- feur for Dolores Del Rio, fllm ac- treaa, landed in the county Jail when he was picked up by district attor- ney's men on susjiiclon of driving a tar behmging to the actress with- out her consent. Mtss Del Itio is on her way to Honolulu. Lieutenant McMullen. head of the Hollywood division vice squad, and Lieutenants Caddell and Buggy, seized some 600 quarts of liquors In .a ralil on a garage at the rear of a pretentious residence jit K.in North Ogden drive, Hollywood, capttiring one priaoner, who gave his name as Herman Bruoa, Marr Oarr wilt sail tnr Beriln firoot M«w York Sept. it, aocont' Mrs. Billle Holloway. 25, Holly- wood motion picture extra, former- ly employed at the Hollywood Ath- letic Club as a manicurist, was re- poftod In a hospital In Phoenix. .Ariz., following reported suicide nt- tenipt. She will recover. Charles Ogara. I.os Angeles real estate man. was (luestloncd by I'lim-nix police rr'g.trding a visit paid him by the woman and her seven-year-old (laughter just before she took poison, but was unable to furnish any due to the reason for It. He said he knew her. The Playhouse, converted from legit into a high-brow llini house, was forced to delay Its opening until this week, as censors are wlth- holding "Potemkln," l;iltlal picture, Carl Schlord; 16, Janitor of the Elmo, small picture house at 2406 Van Buren street, was found dead, presumably electrocuted. In the the- atre. Police say his body came Into cont<act with a high-tension wlic. Schlord reported for work in the morning. Because the theatre was closed during the strike, he was not fotmd until late that night. Beginning Siliir.lny, the large stores in the I,nop remain open all day until next summer. They closed 'at 1 during July and August. Stocks and cash amounting to $100,000 were the contents of the personal will of Charles E. Er'.isl'. .n, the prominent divorce and criminal lawyer, who died two months ago. His will bequeathes the entire es- tate to Olivia. 14, Krhstein's eldest daughter, to he iield in trust by lier mother until she be.nines of age. The y.ningiT daimhier. ("harlene, Mrs. Krhstein .and Olivi.i share equally in the $l,0|ifl,ono real estate holdings left by the attorney. Rktiard Barthelmess, screen ac- tor, upon his return to the coast from the eaat, announced he will marry Kntherlne Wilson, stage and s'-reeTi aetres.^. In November. Bar- thelmess' first wife w;us .Mary H.ay, former dancer and scjeen actress. Robert Brennan, former city po- liceman and motion picture extra, waa aentenoad to (0 daya at hard " 4*««a - The I»np staged a big welcome to Gene Q'unney. Champ toured the Loop In ,a card, and v»-ound up hv milling the Mayor. His reception was larger than that given Lind- bergh. Meanwhile Deinp.se.v, fa- vored here to win. Is packing 'em In at Lincoln Fleld« i»t a IhipIj ^ licad. The 2,000 dally customers nt Jack's camp have warranted two speciul trains to and fro every day. Adnlph M.inhand and Charles Dninheller, members of the Ravinia opera company, were injured when their auto overturned in a ditch near Uleneoa. Rthel Leglnska will conduct tk* Melrose cafe. 1627 Melrose avenue, wa.s held up by six bandits, who ob- tained $3,600 from the patrons and Joseph Loschober and Theodore Selle, owners. The same gang held up five stores the same night. Po- lice estimate their total loot for the evening at f7,000, Prohibition department has re- voked the permits of Dr. Prederlck A. Lofton, Modern Scientific Lab- oratory and the American Parfum* ery Co. - A near-iiot resulted when ofllollaa at the Hawthorne dog track an- nuonced winners that were not la- conformation with the betton^ opinions. Al Capone, one of tha hackers of the track, helped quiet the disorder. It Is the second tlma In .a week that arguments have nrlsen. James Webb, professional ball player and member of the Black Sox In 19t», waa shot and killed in an argument In a saloon on the south side. The saloon was raided by prohibition agents the next day. San Francisco Gretehen Huhb.ard Arnold, local stage favorite, divorced from Walter I.yle Arnold. San Jose building con- tr.actor, on grounds of cruelty. She was awarded custody of two minor daughters. San Francisco's annual fall fashion show, participated in by prnctlcalljT every dealer in town. Is now on, with merchants vicing with one ,'in"thef for elaborato window disjdays. Mrs. Helen Cook Wilson, of Car* mel. Cal., wn.s granted an Inter- locutory <lecree of divorce from Harry Lettn Wilson. no\alist. iiu- morist <anil scc-narlst. on charges of desertion and failure to provid&_ I'roperty settlement remains to ba fought out in the courts. Wilson will flght his wife's da* niand for $60,000 yearly alimony. Mrs. Bflfle OrnfT was divorced from Max Graff, motion picture producer, operating at San Mateo. Cal. She charged cruelty and was awarded custody of a daughter, 9 years old, ol 1130 aiuntUljr.